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r/Overwatch•
MicroPizza

absolutely awful performance?

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hey guys, i dont have the best pc but i've been getting completely and utterly awful performance the whole time the game has been out. It's like, 40 fps max, 20 average and 5 at the lowest. I'm a competitive person and I play with a team of friends often, and obviously low fps in a competitive scene is no fun for anyone involved. Despite having a rather low-end setup ( built in 2013 but was low end then too) I can run Rainbow Six Siege at a constant 60 with a mixture of medium and low settings but overwatch brings my pc to its knees. Can someone please tell me what my issue is? Specs:

CPU: Intel I3-4150 @ 3.5 GHz

RAM: 8 GB

OS: Windows 10 Professional (64-bit)

Graphics Card: Vapor-X R7 250X OC 1 GB GDDR5

HDD: Some crappy 750GB that gets the job done (seagate something something 7200rpm)

Posted Jul 1, 2016, 3:57 AM UTC

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moto_banditChibi Mercy•

It's a new enough game they probably haven't been able to optimize it for all hardware.

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MicroPizzaOPPixel Reinhardt•

yeah but i still shouldnt be running this at piss poor fps when i can play siege, a more graphically intensive game, at smooth 60 and even fallout 4 at 30-40 medium settings

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spiderskizzlesPixel Lúcio•

It shouldnt be running that poorly. You need to do some troubleshooting. You should be over 60 fps

  • check power settings are high performance
  • check for overheating
  • close all other software
  • format/reinstall
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MicroPizzaOPPixel Reinhardt•

I actually fresh installed windows around a month ago, and this fixed my long load times (not mentioned in the post but it was a thing) and gave me better performance for a while, but it went back to long load times and poor performance. I try to close most programs like Firefox and music players before playing, and I'll for sure try a reinstall first thing in the morning. I did a driver update (the new AMD card came out today so all cards got a new driver) and it helped somewhat (from 20 to 30 avg) but its still not that great. I haven't been forced out of the game due to driver crashes, or card overheating, so I'm not quite sure its that. I've changed the power plan to high (it was balanced lol) and I'll report back with results soon enough, after a reinstall and power plan change.

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spiderskizzlesPixel Lúcio•

The only other kind of obvious potential bottleneck is that hdd, but that seems like a stretch to blame it on. Try disabling virtual memory maybe?

I'd say if after a wipe you are not getting 60+ fps you have a hard road ahead of you. Difficult to diagnose. FWIW im getting 30+ FPS consistently on a core i5 laptop with intel graphics.

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MicroPizzaOPPixel Reinhardt•

its about 60% installed as i type this, but the hdd isnt a bad stretch to make. fallout 4 is literally unplayable due to long load times for me and thats because of my hdd. if overwatch still performs under 30 i'm just going to save up for an SSD and throw it on there.

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spiderskizzlesPixel Lúcio•

I have one of these brand new from RMA i will sell you $75 . PM if interested https://smile.amazon.com/PNY-CL4111-Internal-2-5-Inch-SSD7CL4111-240-RB/dp/B00VESIK2C?sa-no-redirect=1

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